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    Rega Planet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southall-1998 View Post
    The Schiit Asgard 2 Class A Headphone Amp. Nice little amp, that offers super value for money!

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    How do you rate this against other headphone amps you have had?
    Music is not made for listening HiFi...

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    To my ears, the Asgard 2 is more fun, enjoyable sounding, than most other headphone amps I've had. Detail is sharp, without being overly ear-piercing.

    One rip-off example, is the Sugden HA-4. To my ears, it just doesn't sound like a £1,700 headphone amp. The Sugden just sounds average and overly 'solid state' for my liking.

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    Thanks for your thoughts, Shane.
    Music is not made for listening HiFi...

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    As I said just the other day, I find headphone amps much of a muchness personally... My Sennheiser HD580 cans are so easy to drive (300R load) that anything drives them just great, from the headphone sockets on my laptop and PC to the sockets on CD player to a high end class A headphone amp of my own design... No more than inconsequential Nth degree differences between any of them! YMMV.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics View Post
    As I said just the other day, I find headphone amps much of a muchness personally... My Sennheiser HD580 cans are so easy to drive (300R load) that anything drives them just great, from the headphone sockets on my laptop and PC to the sockets on CD player to a high end class A headphone amp of my own design... No more than inconsequential Nth degree differences between any of them! YMMV.

    Try typing the above, and posting it on that god awful Head-Fi

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    Just get an old Teleton amp for twenty quid and use the socket on that. Sounds just fine.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Just get an old Teleton amp for twenty quid and use the socket on that. Sounds just fine.

    Save a fortune too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by southall-1998 View Post
    Save a fortune too!

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    No. You'll spend a small fortune on 'designer' DIN plugs for it!
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Just get an old Teleton amp for twenty quid and use the socket on that. Sounds just fine.
    I don't like to use the headphone socket on amplifiers... but I'm sure the Teleton would sound just fine

    Seriously though although I'm not saying there are no audible difference between say plugging the phones into a laptop or using a high end head phone amp I would not sat the difference was large or of any real consequence...
    Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)

    Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
    ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
    Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
    Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco

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